Adopted By Lana Parrilla

Twenty-Two

I was born in a thunderstorm
I grew up overnight
I played alone
I played on my own
I survived

Hey
I wanted everything I never had
Like the love that comes with light
I wore envy and I hated that
But I survived

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don't change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you're taught to cry in your pillow
But I survived

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive

I found solace in the strangest place
Way in the back of my mind
I saw my life in a stranger's face
And it was mine

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don't change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you're taught to cry in your pillow
But I survived

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive

You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing

I had made every single mistake
That you could ever possibly make
I took and I took and I took what you gave
But you never noticed that I was in pain
I knew what I wanted, I went in and got it
Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't
I told you that I would never be forgotten
And all in spite of you

And I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive

I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive

The lyrics ran through my head as I pushed myself further against dehydration, hunger, and the fact I barely slept at all the past few days. Today was my third day missing.
I smiled at that thought.

I'm going to find Ashley.

Would Ashley be the next person I called Mom? Would she be the next person to comfort me with drama from school?
Wait!
I stopped in my tracks.

"School?" I said aloud. "Holy shit I start school next month!" I practically yelled. School was my worst nightmare, I was always bullied and made fun of for being me. I sat down in the grass and began to tear up. My walls came crumbling down. No one was here to comfort me.. I was alone. I always had been, and I always will be. I knew I never should've let Lana adopt me. I should've gone against it. If Lana never adopted me, where would I be now?

I don't know how long I was sitting there in the grass. But it was long enough for someone to notice me.

"Hey, are you okay?" A voice asked. I looked up to its source.

"I'm.. I-.." I paused to wipe a few tears.
"I don't know."

The kid nodded at me, then a smile crept on his face.

"My folks and I have an extra bedroom at our house. Come with us, we'll keep you safe." I looked to the right of his face and saw a young blonde standing by a small black car.

"Thank you." I said. He reached out a hand, and I gladly took it.
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Short and sweet, I guess :)
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I'm having problems with friends and girls at school. This is too much fucking drama.

-LeAnna